In The Shadow of War

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BLOCH / BRIDGE / HOUGH
In The Shadow of War
Steven Isserlis (cello) / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Hugh Wolff / Tapiola Sinfonietta, Gábor Takács-Nagy

[ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD ]

Release Date: Tuesday 1 January 2013

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This programme is well conceived and draws some truly moving playing. The coda to Bridge's Oration makes a serious challenge for the title of 'most beautiful ending to a cello concerto' Isserlis.

"A mood of poignant intensity characterises the three works here, played by Steven Isserlis with two different orchestras...Some ridiculed [Schelomo] as suitable only for a Hollywood epic but Isserlis conveys its simple, urgent message." (Observer)

"Isserlis's spellbinding advocacy of Bridge's raptly compassionate masterpiece in particular has acquired an extra richness of experience and plangent intensity...both performances [the Hough and the Bloch] really are tremendously compelling in their articulate composure, nourishing intelligence and clear-sighted purpose." (Gramophone Editor's Choice May 2013)

"this profoundly engaging reading [of the Bridge] sets a new standard. [in Schelomo] nothing is forced or overdone, no rhetoric or posturing gets in the way of the work's own soulful expression...What he has achieved in this beautifully balanced recording with Hugh Wolff is a breathtaking new fluency and freedom." (5 Stars BBC Music)

Tracks:

Bloch, E:
Schelomo
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Hugh Wolff

Bridge:
Oration - Concerto elegiaco for cello and orchestra
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Hugh Wolff

Oration - Concerto elegiaco for cello and orchestra
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Hugh Wolff

Hough:
The Loneliest Wilderness, elegy for cello and orchestra
Tapiola Sinfonietta, Gábor Takács-Nagy